a) Volume 53, pages 730-731:
a) Volume 53, page 732:
The transcription of this Account is:
[Volume 53, page 730]
Suffolk Ss: The Acco^t of Abigail
Plimpton & Amos Plim-
pton Adm^rs of y^e Estate of John
Plimpton late of Medf^d dec^d.
The s^d Accomp^ts charge themselves
w^th y^e Goods & Chattels
of y^e s^d dec^d as pr Inventory &
Appraisem^t thereof exh-
ibited into y^e Probate Office y^e 22^d
Day of Octo^r
Amounting to the Sum of £100 : 8 : 3
To a Debt Since rec^d of Joseph
Plimpton 3 : 6
£100 :11 : 9
And y^e s^d Accomp^ts pray Allow^ce as
follows:
| Paid into y^e Judge of Probates Office |
3 : 7 : 6
|
| P^d to Eben^r Dorr 2/8d P^d to Esq^r Adams 1/6 |
4 : 2
|
| P^d for recording the Inventory |
3 :
|
| P^d to Samuel Hinsdell on acco^t |
1 : 19 : 6
|
2 : 14 : 2
|
[Volume 53, page 731]
Brot over
|
2 : 14 : 2
|
| P^d to John Baxter, on a Note |
1 : 9 : 0
|
| P^d to John Baxter for apprais^g |
5 :
|
| P^d to Ezra Clark for weaving |
6 : 4
|
| P^d to Jon^a Smith for Rates |
5 : 9
|
| P^d to W^m Peters for Shoes |
1 : 0 : 11
|
| P^d to Josiah Fisher |
7 : 9
|
| P^d to Seth Clarke |
11 : 12 : 3
|
| P^d to John Wight for Rates |
3 : 18 : 3
|
| P^d to Ezekiel Adams for prizing |
4 :
|
| P^d to Mary Sadey 2/4 To Seth Dwight 1: 8: 4 |
1 : 10 : 8
|
| P^d to Seth Clarke |
4 : 1 : 6
|
| P^d to Seth Clark |
8 : 3
|
| P^d to Jon^a Smith for Rates |
2 : 13 : 7
|
| P^d to Hannah Pratt |
3 : 6 : 0
|
| P^d to Nathan Plimpton |
9 : 11
|
| P^d to Elizabeth Plimpton |
27 :
|
| P^d to John Grout |
1 : 9 : 4
|
| P^d to Patience Hamant |
1 : 9 : 4
|
| P^d to Henry Plimpton |
5 : 9
|
| P^d to Thankfull Morse |
17 : 4
|
| P^d to William Plimpton |
7 : 2
|
| P^d to Timothy Hamant |
2 : 7
|
| P^d to Elisha Smith |
2 :10
|
| P^d to Samuel Ellice |
4 :
|
| P^d to John Cutter |
3 : 4
|
| P^d to Simon Plimpton |
4 :
|
| To y^e Adm^rs for their Trouble |
2 : 13 : 4
|
| To y^e allow^g & record^g this Acco^t |
7 : 6
|
| To 2 Letters of Guardianship |
14 :
|
| To a Warrant for Divid^g y^e Real Estate |
2 : 6
|
| Save Errors, Abigail + Plimpton her mark Amos Plimpton |
£ 70 : 4 :
|
[Volume 53, page 732]
Suffolk Ss : By y^e Hon^ble Thomas
Hutchinson Esq^r
Judge
of Probate &c
Abigail Plimpton & Amos Plimpton
Adm^rs presented y^e
aforewritten & made Oath y^t it
contains a just & true Acco^t
of their Admin^n of y^e Estate of John
Plimpton dec^d so far
as they have proceeded therein; &
produced Receipts & Vouchers
for y^e several Paym^ts therein ment^d
s^ch I allow & approve
of.
Boston Dec^r 15^th 1758 T Hutchinson
Ex^d Jn^o Cotton Reg^r.
The source citation for this document is:
"Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899," on 439 FHL US/CAN microfilm reels, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), : accessed 19 October 2017),"Probate records v. 52-53 1757-1758," FHL US/CAN film 493,875, Volume 53, pages 730-732 (images 868-869 of 877), John Plimpton account, 1758; citing original records in the Suffolk County, Mass. courthouse.
John Plimpton (1708-1756) died 8 May 1756, and his widow, Abigail (Fisher) Plimpton, and eldest son, Amos Plimpton, were appointed administrators of his intestate estate on 2 July 1756.
In Part 1, three appraisers were appointed to make a true and just inventory of the estate, which they did on 20 October 1756. The estate was valued by the appraisers at £375 : 4s : 3d. It included real estate valued at £ 264 : 16s. The personal estate was £ 110 : 8s : 3d.
In this document, the administrators, widow Abigail Plimpton and son Amos Plimpton, declared their account, which totaled £70 : 4s, on 22 October 1758. This included fees and charges for the probate court documents, notes and money owed to creditors.
"Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899," on 439 FHL US/CAN microfilm reels, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), : accessed 19 October 2017),"Probate records v. 52-53 1757-1758," FHL US/CAN film 493,875, Volume 53, pages 730-732 (images 868-869 of 877), John Plimpton account, 1758; citing original records in the Suffolk County, Mass. courthouse.
John Plimpton (1708-1756) died 8 May 1756, and his widow, Abigail (Fisher) Plimpton, and eldest son, Amos Plimpton, were appointed administrators of his intestate estate on 2 July 1756.
In Part 1, three appraisers were appointed to make a true and just inventory of the estate, which they did on 20 October 1756. The estate was valued by the appraisers at £375 : 4s : 3d. It included real estate valued at £ 264 : 16s. The personal estate was £ 110 : 8s : 3d.
In this document, the administrators, widow Abigail Plimpton and son Amos Plimpton, declared their account, which totaled £70 : 4s, on 22 October 1758. This included fees and charges for the probate court documents, notes and money owed to creditors.
John and Abigail (Fisher) Plimpton are my 6th great-grandparents, through their son, Amos Plimpton (1735-1808), who married Mary Guild (1735-1800) in 1756.
Note that these records are on FHL Microfilm, and are on FHL digital microfilm on FamilySearch.org, but they are not indexed. The Suffolk County Probate Packets have not been filmed to my knowledge,so I used the Suffolk County Probate Court Clerk volumes because I found them first. A researcher has to search the Probate Index for the person's probate packet number, then find the Probate Docket files with the list of papers that are in the probate packet, along with the volume and page numbers, and then find the individual volumes and pages with the documents listed in the Probate Docket.
This set of court clerk volume records are not indexed on Ancestry.com in the "Massachusetts, Will and Probate Records, 1635-1991" collection. They are available in the Ancestry collection, but you have to use the Probate Index and Probate Docket files to find the volumes and page numbers (similar to the process on FamilySearch). They just are not indexed with the correct decedent's name.
There will be several more posts for this estate records.
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"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
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